Timing and reasons for coming late for the first antenatal care visit by pregnant women at Mulago hospital, Kampala Uganda

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kisuule, Ivan ^a   Kaye, Dan K ^a   Najjuka, Florence ^a   Ssematimba, Stephen K ^a   Arinda, Anita ^a   Nakitende, Gloria ^a   Otim, Lawrence ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Mulago Hospital; Timing of first antenatal visit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UGANDA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878004279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-121     Document Type: Article

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